Flow field

Debe, Mark K.; Herdtle, Thomas

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Title: Flow field

Abstract

Flow field designs are provided, as well as flow field devices employing the subject flow field designs. A fluid distribution assembly is provided comprising a flow field device and a fluid transport layer disposed between the flow field device and a target area, where, for at least one finite non-zero flow rate and at least one use rate of an active component of the fluid in the fluid transport layer, lateral flux of the active component varies by no more than 35% through at least 90% of all overland portions of said fluid transport layer. In one embodiment, the flow field device comprises a flow field comprising a serpentine channel, comprising non-parallel sequential major segments. In a further embodiment, the angles between successive major segments of the serpentine channel vary progressively.

Inventors:: Debe, Mark K.; Herdtle, Thomas

Issue Date:: Tue Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2004

Research Org.:: 3M Innovative Properties Company

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1531478

Patent Number(s):: 6780536

Application Number:: 09/954,601

Assignee:: 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
H01M8/026 - characterised by grooves, e.g. their pitch or depth
H01M8/0263 - having meandering or serpentine paths
H01M8/0265 - the reactant or coolant channels having varying cross sections

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/50 - Fuel cells

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T428/24355 - Continuous and nonuniform or irregular surface on layer or component [e.g., roofing, etc.]

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DOE Contract Number:: FC02-99EE50582

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2001-09-17

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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Fuel cell, electrolytic cell and process of cooling and/or dehumidifying same patent, December 1998

Distribution of hydration fluid in a fuel cell patent, June 2002

Fuel cell with selective pressure variation and dynamic inflection patent, July 2000

Variable area fuel cell cooling patent, April 1982

Easily-formable fuel cell assembly fluid flow plate having conductivity and increased non-conductive material patent, June 2000

PEM-type fuel cell assembly having multiple parallel fuel cell sub-stacks employing shared fluid plate assemblies and shared membrane electrode assemblies patent, August 1999

Separators for solid polymer fuel cells and method for producing same, and solid polymer fuel cells patent, March 2004

Microstructured flow fields patent, April 2003

Corrugated flow field plate assembly for a fuel cell patent, April 2003

Fuel cell plates with improved arrangement of process channels for enhanced pressure drop across the plates patent, December 1986

Novel fuel cell fluid flow field plate patent, January 1991

Flexible graphite composite patent, March 1999

Polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cell patent, August 2003

Edge manifold assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell stack patent, May 1998

Stamped bipolar plate for PEM fuel cell stack patent, January 2003

Flow field plate for use in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell patent, November 1997

Fuel cell with metal screen flow-field patent, August 1998

Fuel cell with gas diffusion layer flow passage patent, February 2002

Gas-passage plates of a fuel cell patent, December 1999

Fuel cell plates with skewed process channels for uniform distribution of stack compression load patent, August 1989

Flow fields for supporting fluid diffusion layers in fuel cells patent, April 2003

Integrated reactant and coolant fluid flow field layer for an electrochemical fuel cell patent, September 1998

Fuel cell collector plates with improved mass transfer channels patent, April 2003

Serially-linked serpentine flow channels for PEM fuel cell patent, October 2001

Fuel deoxygenator with porous support plate patent, May 2012

Flow balanced heat exchanger for battery thermal management patent, January 2019

Bipolar plate and direct liquid feed fuel cell stack patent, May 2011

Flow field patent, June 2012

Fuel cell patent, December 2012

Form-in-place fastening for fuel cell assemblies patent, December 2007

Separator passage structure of fuel cell patent, December 2008

Electrochemical fuel cell with an electrode substrate having an in-plane nonuniform structure for control of reactant and product transport
patent, November 1998

Fuel cells employing integrated fluid management platelet technology
patent, January 1999

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell separator plate
patent, August 1999

Hydrogen-air fuel cell
patent, July 1998

Fuel cell assembly unit for promoting fluid service and design flexibility
patent, January 2001

Low cost fuel cell stack design
patent, January 1999

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell
patent, March 1999

Mirrored serpentine flow channels for fuel cell
patent, August 2000

Fuel cell using water-soluble fuel
patent, April 2000

Bipolar fuel cell
patent, August 1989

Self-humidifying fuel cell
patent, March 2001

Variable area fuel cell process channels
patent, September 1981

Fuel cell with interdigitated porous flow-field
patent, June 1997

Fuel cell fluid flow field plate
patent, April 1992

Fuel cell with metal screen flow-field
patent, March 2001

Fuel cell with metal screen flow field
patent, March 2000

Electrochemical fuel cell stack with concurrent flow of coolant and oxidant streams and countercurrent flow of fuel and oxidant streams
patent, June 1998

Lightweight fuel cell membrane electrode assembly with integral reactant flow passages
patent, October 1993

Bipolar separator
patent, June 1998

Gas block mechanism for water removal in fuel cells
patent, February 2004

Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell
patent, July 1999

Finned internal manifold oxidant cooled fuel cell stack system
patent, May 1999

Fuel cell assembly unit for promoting fluid service and electrical conductivity
patent, December 1999

Fuel cell separator plate having controlled fiber orientation and method of manufacture
patent, August 2003

Laminated layer type fuel cell
patent, August 1987

Metal platelet fuel cells production and operation methods
patent, November 1997

PEM fuel cell with structured plates
patent, September 1999

Fuel cell, electrolytic cell and process of cooling and/or dehumidifying same
patent, December 1998

Distribution of hydration fluid in a fuel cell
patent, June 2002

Fuel cell with selective pressure variation and dynamic inflection
patent, July 2000

Variable area fuel cell cooling
patent, April 1982

Easily-formable fuel cell assembly fluid flow plate having conductivity and increased non-conductive material
patent, June 2000

PEM-type fuel cell assembly having multiple parallel fuel cell sub-stacks employing shared fluid plate assemblies and shared membrane electrode assemblies
patent, August 1999

Separators for solid polymer fuel cells and method for producing same, and solid polymer fuel cells
patent, March 2004

Microstructured flow fields
patent, April 2003

Corrugated flow field plate assembly for a fuel cell
patent, April 2003

Fuel cell plates with improved arrangement of process channels for enhanced pressure drop across the plates
patent, December 1986

Novel fuel cell fluid flow field plate
patent, January 1991

Flexible graphite composite
patent, March 1999

Polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cell
patent, August 2003

Edge manifold assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell stack
patent, May 1998

Stamped bipolar plate for PEM fuel cell stack
patent, January 2003

Flow field plate for use in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell
patent, November 1997

Fuel cell with metal screen flow-field
patent, August 1998

Fuel cell with gas diffusion layer flow passage
patent, February 2002

Gas-passage plates of a fuel cell
patent, December 1999

Fuel cell plates with skewed process channels for uniform distribution of stack compression load
patent, August 1989

Flow fields for supporting fluid diffusion layers in fuel cells
patent, April 2003

Integrated reactant and coolant fluid flow field layer for an electrochemical fuel cell
patent, September 1998

Fuel cell collector plates with improved mass transfer channels
patent, April 2003

Serially-linked serpentine flow channels for PEM fuel cell
patent, October 2001

Fuel deoxygenator with porous support plate
patent, May 2012

Flow balanced heat exchanger for battery thermal management
patent, January 2019

Bipolar plate and direct liquid feed fuel cell stack
patent, May 2011

Flow field
patent, June 2012

Fuel cell
patent, December 2012

Form-in-place fastening for fuel cell assemblies
patent, December 2007

Separator passage structure of fuel cell
patent, December 2008